Hat-pin.



IVI. STRICKLER.

HAT Pm.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,19I6- Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

I I a n] if i hat pin with movable MORRIS STBIGKLEB., OF JERSEY CITY,NEW JERSEY.

Y HAT-PIN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 191W.

Application filed July 6, 191.6. Serial No. 107,739.

To all whom t may concerns' Be it known that l, MORRIs STRIGKLER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey', have invented a new andImproved Hat-Pin, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

rlhis invention relates to hat pins and particularly to an improvedarrangement which is designed to be manipulated after the hat has beenplaced in position, and has for an object the construction andarrangement of parts whereby when the parts are manipulated the hat ispositively secured to the head.

Another object in view is to` provide a parts forming interlockingmembers which when interlocked grasp a quantity of the hair of a personusing the device and thereby retain the hat against accidental removal.

ln the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through part of a hat disclosingan embodiment of the invention, part ofthe structure being shown insection.

Fig. 2 is a front view of a pin embodying the invention.

Fig. 3 is a view of the 2 looking at the same direction.

pin shown in Fig. from the opposite Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetailperspective view of an operating rod embodying certain features ofthe invention.

Fig. 5 is a combined clamping plate and cam member.

Referring. to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a hatwhich may be of any desired construction and through the crown of whichis forced the rod 2. As shown in Fig. 4 the rod 2 is preferably pointedat 8 and bifurcated at 4 whereby the rod may be thrust through the crownof the hat easily and the bifurcated end receive the ends of arms 5 and6. A retaining pin 7 passes through these arms at the point where theyoverlap, said pin also accommodating the coils of. a spring 8, whichspring engages arms 5 and 6 for giving said arms a continual tendency tomove apart or to the position shown in Fig. 1.-

The rod 2 is threaded so as to receive the hat pins.

nut 9, which nut is provided with an orna mental head in order to give apleasing appearance, said head being, if desired, in the shape of theconventional head now used on l/Vhenthe nut 9 is rotated the threadedrod 2 will be moved outwardly and the arms 5 and 6 will be brought intoengagement with the cams 10 and 11, whereupon said arms will be swungoutwardly or away from the crown of the lhat and thereby cause theprongs 12 and 13 to enter the hair 14 (Fig. 1). It will be understoodthat though the arms 5 and 6 and prongs 12 and 13 are shown Hat they maybe formed round or any shape without the spirit of the invention.

After the prongs 12 and 13 have passed each other or have becomeinterlocked the hat lis then securely fastened on the head, and in orderto remove the same it will be necessary to unscrew the nut 9 whereuponthe spring 8 will cause the arms 5 and 6 to move back to their formerposition, as for instance, the -position shown in Fig. 1. It will beobserved that the rod 2 is flattened and extends through a suitablyshaped slot 15 in the plate 16 and the base 17 of cams 10 and 11,whereby the rod cannot rotate during the rotation of the nut.

What I claim is:

1. lna hat pin of the character described, a pair of bars pivotallyconnected together, each of said bars having hair engaging prongs, meansfor moving said prongs to an open position, a sliding rod connected tosaid bars at the point of the pivotal mounting of said bars, a pair ofstationary abutments llimiting' the movement of said bars, and a nutacting on said sliding rod for moving the same in such a direction thatthe rod will move said bars against said abutments and thereby swing thebars from an open position to a closed position.

2. 1n a hat pin of the character described,

a pair of bars pivotally connected together, each of said bars having aprong, a threaded rod connected with said bars by the .same pivotalmember used in connecting the bars, a spring acting on said'bars fornormally holding the same in an open position, an apertured clampingplate through which said rod extends, a nut fitting on to said rod andacting on a hat for clamping the hat against said clamping plate, and astaposition between said abutments and there- 'tionaiy'abntment on eaohside of said rod by swing the prongs toward each other.

`connected With said Clamping plate, said abutments being spaced apartso that when MORRIS STRICKLER' said nut is turned in one direction therod Witnesses:

' Will pass through the clamping plate and THOMAS J. CARROLL,

draw the connected ends of said bars into a ANDREW KEANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing'che Commissioner `of Patents. Washington, D. C.

